Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2004 Feb;71(2):113-4, 117-21.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.71.2.113.

Laparoscopic prostatectomy: a promising option in the treatment of prostate cancer

Andrew P Steinberg  1 , Inderbir S Gill
Affiliations
Free article
Review

Laparoscopic prostatectomy: a promising option in the treatment of prostate cancer

Andrew P Steinberg et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2004 Feb.
Free article

Abstract

It is still too soon to know if a laparoscopic approach is as good or even better than open surgical radical prostatectomy, the gold standard. Early data seem to suggest lower intraoperative bleeding rates, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, and similar rates of oncologic cure, return to potency, and urinary continence.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

LinkOut - more resources